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POV44: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for Families by Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		54,461 8,852 16.3 43,966 4,880 11.1 3,200 902 28.2 7,294 3,070 42.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		43,508 6,298 14.5 35,192 3,445 9.8 2,577 674 26.1 5,739 2,179 38.0
      Inside principal cities 12,027 1,993 16.6 9,399 1,030 11.0 764 191 25.0 1,865 772 41.4
      Outside principal cities 31,481 4,305 13.7 25,794 2,415 9.4 1,813 483 26.6 3,874 1,407 36.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,953 2,554 23.3 8,774 1,435 16.4 624 228 36.6 1,555 891 57.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		10,328 1,372 13.3 8,291 737 8.9 617 138 22.3 1,419 497 35.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,859 1,095 12.4 7,128 588 8.3 519 104 20.1 1,213 403 33.2
      Inside principal cities 1,609 302 18.8 1,248 159 12.7 115 24 21.1 246 119 48.4
      Outside principal cities 7,250 793 10.9 5,879 430 7.3 404 80 19.8 967 284 29.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,469 277 18.8 1,164 149 12.8 99 33 33.6 206 95 45.9
Midwest 14,339 2,455 17.1 11,467 1,259 11.0 902 295 32.7 1,970 901 45.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,342 1,580 15.3 8,266 794 9.6 671 206 30.7 1,404 580 41.3
      Inside principal cities 2,718 547 20.1 2,038 251 12.3 199 66 33.1 481 230 47.8
      Outside principal cities 7,624 1,033 13.6 6,228 543 8.7 472 140 29.7 924 350 37.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,997 875 21.9 3,201 465 14.5 231 89 38.7 566 321 56.8
South 19,304 3,550 18.4 15,710 2,055 13.1 1,041 305 29.3 2,553 1,190 46.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 15,120 2,424 16.0 12,372 1,397 11.3 808 217 26.9 1,939 810 41.8
      Inside principal cities 4,156 648 15.6 3,329 339 10.2 229 59 25.9 598 249 41.6
      Outside principal cities 10,963 1,776 16.2 9,044 1,058 11.7 579 158 27.2 1,341 561 41.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,185 1,126 26.9 3,337 658 19.7 233 87 37.6 615 381 61.9
West 10,490 1,474 14.1 8,498 829 9.8 640 164 25.7 1,351 481 35.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 9,188 1,198 13.0 7,427 666 9.0 578 146 25.3 1,183 387 32.7
      Inside principal cities 3,544 496 14.0 2,784 281 10.1 220 41 18.8 540 174 32.2
      Outside principal cities 5,643 702 12.4 4,643 385 8.3 358 105 29.2 643 212 33.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,302 276 21.2 1,072 163 15.2 62 18 (B) 168 95 56.4

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,162 361 11.4 2,533 178 7.0 194 35 18.0 435 149 34.1
Middle Atlantic 7,166 1,011 14.1 5,758 559 9.7 423 103 24.2 984 349 35.4
East North Central 9,702 1,718 17.7 7,675 867 11.3 661 221 33.5 1,367 630 46.1
West North Central 4,637 737 15.9 3,792 392 10.3 242 74 30.7 603 271 44.9
South Atlantic 10,333 1,800 17.4 8,464 1,046 12.4 543 166 30.6 1,326 589 44.4
East South Central 3,784 942 24.9 2,998 538 17.9 210 71 33.8 576 333 57.8
West South Central 5,187 808 15.6 4,248 472 11.1 288 67 23.5 651 269 41.2
Mountain 3,956 600 15.2 3,229 345 10.7 201 45 22.5 525 210 40.0
Pacific 6,534 874 13.4 5,269 484 9.2 439 119 27.1 826 272 32.9

Poverty Footnotes

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